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How to create bootable DVD or USB installation media of Windows 8 from .ISO file

While Microsoft Windows 8 setup assistant utility provides and excellent way to download and create operating-system bootable installation media (CD/DVD/USB/ISO), it does not provide any means to use an existing .ISO file for creation of these bootable media options.

To create an bootable CD, DVD or USB setup disk from an previously downloaded and saved Windows 8 ISO file follow the steps demonstrated below.

Windows 8 Setup

BerryBoot - The simplest way to install and load multiple operating systems on a Raspberry Pi

The revolutionary cheap and small Raspberry Pi mini computer is so popular now it hardly needs an introduction. After assembling all the bits and pieces needed to run an RPi, you will need to format and load the SD card with an compatible linux operating system of your choice. Here is easy and fast way to get this done.

My Raspberry Pi

Simplest hack To bypass logon passwords on Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, XP and Mac OS X

While we covered bootable logon password bypassing utility KON-BOOT as a security nightmare, there could be genuine uses of the utility in cases where such circumvention is needed for legal uses like forgotten password, corporate usage (login to company computer after an employee leaves or is not available), parental administration or law agencies.

KON-BOOT is now updated to version 2.1, with added support for Windows 8 (non EFI support) logon password bypass with an optional sticky keys feature which allows user to spawn an admin privileged console before logging into the computer. The utility now also have an Mac OS X flavor which allows login into MAC computers with a new “root” account having username and password as "kon-boot".

Konboot

Demonstration videos of both Windows and Mac OS X admin logging using KON-BOOT with root privileges after the jump.

How To Create Bootable USB Disk For Seagate SeaTools For DOS

SeaTools is a well known utility from popular HDD manufacturer Seagate, SeaTools free hard drive diagnostic software comes in two flavors one for DOS and other for Windows OS.

While both hard-disk diagnostic tools are excellent, they are different as SeaTools for DOS is more powerful because it is able to access the disks more directly and natively to diagnose the problem correctly. SeaTools for DOS is provided as a standard bootable .ISO CD disk image but since all modern computers support the easier bootable USB medium, here is how to get "SeaTools For DOS Bootable from a USB drive".

Seagate HDD Diagnostic Utility - SeaTools For DOS
Seagate HDD Diagnostic Utility - SeaTools For DOS

Free Serial Keys And Review For Wondershare Live Boot 2012 Bootable DVD/USB System Rescue Disk Maker

Wondershare Live Boot 2012System rescue disks come very handy in disastrous system recovery operations, based on latest Microsoft WinPE 3.0 bootable technology Wondershare Live Boot 2012 feature more than 40 rescue tools to rapidly rescue you from any imaginable PC crash disaster with a bootable CD/USB drive. Armed with tools to fix computer bootup problems, rescue data, backup and restore file/system, clone and deep wipe disk, manage disk, and over 40+ such rescue utility functions in total. The user-friendly interface simplifies the repair procedures into only a few clicks for both savvy users and newbees. The utility costs $59.95 to buy regularly but a 100% genuine and legal free activation serial number is available for grabs during next 4 days.

Wondershare Live Boot 2012

Download Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper For Cleaning Malware Infected PC's Even When Unbootable

Malware infections can sometimes block anti-malware utilities or even make the computer unbootable, Microsoft has now came up with a free "Standalone System Sweeper" utility enabling users to get rid of those nasty infections allowing them to perform offline scans to remove viruses, trojans and rootkits effectively.

Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper allows users to download latest definitions and make a bootable CD, DVD, or USB stick which when booted from loads the Windows Preinstall Environment (Windows PE) to run the scan and clean infections.

Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper

SARDU - Free Utility To Create CD, DVD And USB Disks With Multi-Boot Support

Why settle for a single computer rescue bootable disk when we can have multiple tools on a single medium, thanks to free utilities like SARDU (Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility) - creating bootable rescue disk with all sorts of rescue tools becomes a matter of minutes.

SARDU enables usesr to prepare bootable CD/DVD or USB disks including a comprehensive collection of antivirus rescue disk's, utilities, Linux Live distros, and other popular Windows PE and recovery disks with ease.

Rescue Tools Multi Boot CD/DVD/USB Menu
Boot Menu

Free Bootable USB Drive Creator Tool For Windows

Numerous tools and tips have been posted on this blog to create bootable disk drivers and here we have yet another simple utility to get the job done easily on Windows.

"Bootable USB Drive Creator Tool" does what it says by allowing users to create their USB disk-drives bootable using the straight-forward, minimalistic, self-explanatory user-interface.

Bootable USB Drive Creator Tool

The Fastest And Most Easiest Method To Make Bootable Windows Installation USB Disks

Preparing bootable USB drives has always been a not so easy task requiring a combination of tricks, hacks and tools, thanks to freeware utility WinToFlash this won't be the case any longer as it allows users to create bootable USB disk drives having Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7 installation or any other BartPE compatible environment from CD/DVD to USB in a fast and automated way.

WinToFlash USB Setup Creator

Apart from preparing bootable Windows installation and BartPE USB disk drivers WinToFlash also supports making of bootable MS-DOS disks.

How To Change Device Boot Order In Laptop BIOS When Instructed Keys Do Not Work

Imagine the frustration when you are trying to recover your PC from a catastrophic failure and you simply don't have the keys mentioned in troubleshooting tool on your keyboard. The same situation was faced by me recently when I tried to change boot device priority on my Acer Laptop to make it boot from CD-ROM, the BIOS instructed to use "+" and "-" keys for changing the booting device priority but my laptop did not had such dedicated keys (Use of Fn key was required for + and - to work making them obsolete in BIOS).

BIOS Boot Order
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